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Pro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placard
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2024
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And they crop the billboard out in the photo so we can't decide for ourselves how bad it is.
Given that this person is being prosecuted for holding up this billboard in public, perhaps the newspaper is erring on the side of caution by not reprinting it!
I'd say there's a very good chance you're right.
It's like calling a black person an oreo. It's a racial slur, full stop.
Oh definitely. I wanted to see the cartoon depiction though.